The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-25
COL. WILLIAM r.. MORRISON
PROPOSED FOR ONE OF THE IN-
TERsrATE COMMISSIONS
VOOrhees's Funeral-rhe 10.
baecO Tax.
ESPECIAL TO THE AprEAL.l

lbThNlAL Altman
OFFICE OF THE MEMPHIS APPEAL,
No 1906 F STREET, WASHINGTON, D..
c., January 24-Among the bills in
troduced in Congress were the follow
Jog:
By Mr.. Wharber: A bill to extend
the Jurisdiction of the Lighthouse
Board to the Tennessse river, from
Chattanooga north to the mouth, for
the establishment of such beacon
lights, day beacons and buoys as may
ma necessary for the uss OF vessels.
The territory indicated is to be organ
iz.d into one or two districts.
BILL To GIVE 500 BOUNTY
to honOrably discharged members of
the FIRST Regiment, Alabama Volun.
teer Cavalry, and another to remove
the politica disabilities OF Thomas G..
Garrett, OF Alabama.
PRNsIoNs.
By Mr.. McRse: A bill to increase
the pension of John NJ. sanders, q
private in Company H, Second Mis-.
sissippi Volunteers, in the Mexican
war, to $50 morth.
By Mr.. Psttibone: A bill to PEN
sion jesse, father OF Anderson Good
man, late Of Company A, First Ten
uessee Cavalry.
By Mr.. Glass: A bill to pension
Robert Mclean, and another, requir-
ing
THE REPORTS CT THE AGRICULTURAL
DEpARTMRNT
end Consular officers to be in "plain
Eug'ish," and foreign weights and
measures mentioned to be rendered
in American equivalents.
Mr.. Caldwell presented the numt T.
ously signed petitions OF
CITIZENS oF-CLARK 5vILLR
for the repeal OF the tobacco tax. The
State fixers have arranged the follow
ing list of the probable Board OF Com
missioners to carry out
THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERSTATE
COMMERCE BILL,
The salary of each member is to be
$500 a year. The three Democrats
are to be William r. Morrison, Of Hi
nois; Ex.Judgs Smith. of Georgia,
and Gan. Pierce M. B. Young, Consul
General to st. Petersburg. The two
Republican places, by the same su-
thority, are TO be filled by Senators
Conger, of Michigan, and Van Wyck,
of Nebraska, both of whom have been
con PEELED by their cons tu snts to re-
tire from the Senate within about a
month.
The latest information from
THE Tx as SENATORIAL FIGHT
seems to indicate that 1t lies bstween
Reagan and 6x.Gov. Ireland, both of
whom are looking for their support
among tha farmers. Ssnet n Maxey
seems to have lost ground recently,
blu, is still decidedly 10 thu ring from
the fac. that all thu candidates are on
warm personsl tsrmS TIE conflict
will be Of friendly nature, and there
will bs no caucus, IS the Republican
vote is inconsiderable
MRS vooRHEEs's FUNERAL.
The funeral of Mrs. Voorhees,, wife
OF s ,nstor Voorhees,, took place from
her late retidencs in thls city this af-
ternoou. The Raw. Dr.. Leonard, rec
tor of st johns Episcopal Church C IN
Quoted the ceremonies. Among The
many handsome fl IrAl offerings sent
by friends OF the dec ssssd, were pill
low from Mrs. Cleveland, and column
three and a half feet high, against
which rested flo al cross aud crown,
a tribute from the employees of the
Government Printing Office. At 8
o'clock the remains were taken to the
Baltimore and Ohio depot to b. con-
veyed to Terre Haute, lad, their last
resting place. All the members Of the
family in Washington, excepting the
wife OF Delegate Voorhees,, of Wash
ington Territory, leave on the train
bearing the body and will accompany
the remains to Indiana.